Willard Witte
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Head coaching record
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1930–1938) | |||||||||
| 1930–31 | Wyoming | 19–4 | 11–1 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 1931–32 | Wyoming | 18–2 | 12–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1932–33 | Wyoming | 18–5 | 12–2 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 1933–34 | Wyoming | 26–4 | 14–0 | 1st | Helms National Champions | ||||
| 1934–35 | Wyoming | 11–5 | 10–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 1935–36 | Wyoming | 12–7 | 11–3 | 1st (East) | |||||
| 1936–37 | Wyoming | 8–9 | 7–7 | 6th | |||||
| 1937–38 | Wyoming | 12–5 | 8–4 | 3rd | |||||
| Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference) (1938–1939) | |||||||||
| 1938–39 | Wyoming | 10–11 | 7–5 | 3rd | |||||
| Wyoming: | 134–51 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1933–1937) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Wyoming | 2–6–1 | 1–6–1 | 10th | |||||
| 1934 | Wyoming | 3–5 | 2–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1935 | Wyoming | 4–4 | 3–4 | T–7th | |||||
| 1936 | Wyoming | 2–5–1 | 2–4–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1937 | Wyoming | 3–5 | 2–4 | T–8th | |||||
| Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Wyoming | 2–5–1 | 1–4–1 | 6th | |||||
| Wyoming: | 16–30–3 | 11–26–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 16–30–3 | ||||||||
References
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- University of Wyoming Hall of Fame entry
- Willard Witte at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Willard Witte basketball coaching statistics @ sports-reference.com
- Willard Witte at Find a Grave
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- ↑ "Death Claims Former Coach for Cowboys", United Press International, February 15, 1966
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